Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Rain doesn't dampen spirits Senior take powderpuff It was not exactly the Super Bowl, but it was close for those who were a part of it. It was Powder Puff 1982. The big girls foot ball game was just the finish of weeks of high hopes and hard prac- tices. For almost a month before, the teams had been planning and practicing. The coaches were looking for talent and working on plays that would hopefully bring the reward of victory that everyone sought. It was a new world for the young ladies as they found out what football was about. lt was work to learn the 14 Powder Puff Football plays, and hours and hours of practice after school, in the evenings, and on weekends. It was running and exercis- ing, and drilling and then do- ing everything over again. It was bumps and bruises, and skinned elbows and knees. But it was also fun. There was a feeling of friendship with the people who were sharing the time and with the people who were sharing the hopes and expectations. It was a time of spirited hellos in the halls between classes and a few notes passed during the classes. It was a time of teachers and administrators wishing everyone well and trying to have a regular day of classes when some people's atten- tion was getting increasingly harder to hold. And finally it was here. But it was cold . . . the ther- mometer dropped below the freezing mark and the rain that fell all day was almost turning into snow. But it was Friday night and it was time to go play Powder Puff foot- ball. The game was hard fought and the fans were lead to frenzies of cheering Cand laughing, by the guys dressed as gals who were the cheerleaders. And it was slip and slide as the two teams tried to play on a field that was rapidly turning into a sea of mud. When it was over, the Se- niors had won. They had de- feated the Iuniors. But the big thing was that this experi- ence was shared and another Homestead activity had been Made To Order for the people who participated. Rain reduced playing conditions to a mud bowl as the Powder Puff game continued to slide along.

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Christmas brightens Homestead Spartan help the need Contemporary Christnw iss consist of clothes, cans and charity. But the most st-en was the crazy, cosmic, cataclysmic collection of clothes worn during the series of dress up days. Starting off the week was Winter Hat Day. The hall- ways were filled with hats of every kind as cowboy hats, baseball caps, and snow to- boggans frequented the heads of the Homestead stu- dents. Elves and dolls paid the school a visit on Tuesday as Character Day was the theme. Everyone came dressed as their favorite Christmas character. The greater majority of the dressed up students came as elves. If you happened to be walking down the halls on Wednesday you may have no- ticed people in their pajamas, bathrobes, and slippers. Was this a new dress code? A new trend? No, it was just another Student government worker sopho- more Michele Sorg helps sort candy canes. Senior lean Rudig delivers Christ- mas wrapping on pj day. 16 Christmas part of Christmas Week, as Wednesday was appropriate- ly designated PI. Day. On one hand guys seemed to favor plaid bathrobes, while on the other hand the girls chose to dress in their night clothes. Some wore the old Doctor Denton style with headbands and beads. Others felt that long robes and furry slippers were the right kind of attire for the daytime Slumber party . On Thursday, everyone wore their Sunday best for Dress Up Day This day by far was the most popular among the students. The week ended with par- tying during the fourth hour and a movie, Uptown Satur- day Night, during fifth and sixth hours. Friday was also Green and Red Day Rooms were dotted with red and green in every possible com- bination. The spirit of Homestead was a lot more than parties and contests and the series of dress up days. Students took time out of their daily sched- ules to help with can drive and adopt-a-family pro- grams. The Can Drive began on November 29 with juniors Amy Rudorf and Robbyn Kreig in charge. The purpose of the Can Drive was to help the less fortunate in our com- munity. This seemed espe- cially important this season due to the trouble of our economy The Can Drive was an all school event with most classes participating toward an unknown goal. However a personal goal was set to 4,000 by Mr. Meyer's class. At the end of the Drive, the cans were collected from each room and taken by Student Government to the Christ- mas Bureau where they were sorted out for the individual families. The total amount of cans this year was about 7,600. Another community event that Homestead staged was the Adopt-A-Family pro- gram. This program, lead by Senior jean Rudek, benefit- ted some of Fort Wayne's most unfortunate people. Small children, families, and re- tarded citizens were all in- cluded in the program. Each third period class was given the opportunity to adopt a family, many chose to adopt a single person as opposed to a family After each class chose their families, or person, they began to collect clothes, toys, games, food, and whatever was needed to help their fam- ilies. After gathering what they had collected, each class took their items to the gym where they were grouped to- gether with all other third period classes. These were packed up and distributed among the chosen families. The week ended with great anticipation toward the on coming holiday